Understanding "revolving door" patients in general practice: A qualitative study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Williamson, Andrea E ^a   Mullen, Kenneth ^a   Wilson, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD;

DISSENT AND DISPUTES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84893671247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-33     Document Type: Article

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